Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the Okapi work has been done on systems which have been developed at least to a point where they are reliable and complete enough to be installed in a library unattended . |
| 2 | And if he was still alert enough to be insulting , his wound might not be so bad after all . |
| 3 | Some parents who had n't heard the news brought their children to school as normal only to be turned away . |
| 4 | I think it 's a bit of an art — trying to get something that 's concise enough to be published whilst covering all the points you want to raise — especially in reply to twits like . |
| 5 | In time , the results may look coherent enough to be defined as Majorism . |
| 6 | Was that merely to be sociable — for her husband 's sake — or should he read something more into it ? |
| 7 | I 'm spineless enough to be steered away from the obvious , safe , acclaimed designer label choices I had in mind , and it 's already started . |
| 8 | Stringfellow was an outstanding designer and builder of small lightweight steam engines , but his model aeroplanes suffered from the twin disadvantages of being too large to be fully tested indoors , and not stable enough to be tested out of doors . |
| 9 | But he was stable enough to be transferred from the town 's general hospital to the specialist Walton centre for neurology and neurosurgery in Liverpool , where he remains on a ventilator . |
| 10 | They say the interim administration is failing because ‘ they are too poor , they are all school teachers , and they are not rich enough to be politicians ’ . |
| 11 | ’ They use the excuse that the shops , especially the ones selling really expensive designer gear are rich enough to be able to afford to lose a few clothes . |
| 12 | At Chalton in Hampshire and Cowdery 's Down near Basingstoke , the buildings were more regularly laid out but not extensive enough to be called villages , while at Catholme in Staffordshire and Thirlings in Northumberland , the earlier settlements had not only been abandoned , but probably forgotten when areas of ridge and furrow were laid out over the top . |
| 13 | These may have been farmsteads or hamlets , but they were certainly not large or extensive enough to be villages , whatever their status or internal arrangements . |
| 14 | ( Nor , incidentally , are ‘ Fenland Blows ’ caused by the absence of hedgerows — another common belief ; conventional hedges are simply not tall enough to be effective , only shelter belts of poplars or other tall trees . ) |
| 15 | The third was tall enough to be seen from the sea , both east and west of the island . |
| 16 | Cover boats can lose sight of divers — use surface marker buoys , carry in-water flares , make sure your whistle works and is loud enough to be heard by others . |
| 17 | It was impossible to transfer sound waves mechanically from one flat disc to another without getting into geometrical difficulties , and an ordinary gramophone was not loud enough to be put in front of an acoustic recording horn . |
| 18 | ‘ Cheek ! ’ she said , in a voice she hoped was loud enough to be heard . |
| 19 | Salt windows are generally too weak mechanically to be included in high-pressure apparatus , and the cell shown in Fig. 5.11 ( d ) has diamond windows . |
| 20 | Her steely determination , however , had worked , and that very weekend Earl Spencer had been released from hospital and moved into a suite at the Dorchester Hotel , until he was strong enough to be moved home to Northamptonshire . |
| 21 | And anyway , you 're not strong enough to be a docker . ’ |
| 22 | The evidence in favour of dietary fibre as a preventative measure in heart disease is not strong enough to be conclusive at this stage , but is certainly strong enough to be thought-provoking . |
| 23 | The evidence in favour of dietary fibre as a preventative measure in heart disease is not strong enough to be conclusive at this stage , but is certainly strong enough to be thought-provoking . |
| 24 | They are all strong enough to be soft . |
| 25 | The first British single release for this month is still being debated , but whichever track is picked , Me Phi Me is confident his message is strong enough to be heard the world over . |
| 26 | But this had been followed by a sense of personal outrage , an emptiness and then a surge of melancholy , not strong enough to be called grief but keener than mere regret , which had surprised him by its intensity . |
| 27 | In the next section we shall consider three sceptical arguments which are strong enough to be worth taking seriously . |
| 28 | We have played five matches and not lost a rubber so it shows we are strong enough to be in the finals . |
| 29 | This is essentially what Mycetes is because he is not strong enough to be in power , not brave enough to lead armies and not powerful enough to command respect among his followers and country . |
| 30 | Somehow she found her voice and said faintly , ‘ I do n't think I 'm strong enough to be ravished at the moment . ’ |